# "Scotland university uses Kinect to control lasers"

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**Created:** [November 18, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/scotland-university-uses-kinect-to-control-lasers/57311 "2012-11-18T15:10:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/scotland-university-uses-kinect-to-control-lasers/57311/1 "2012-11-18T15:10:32Z")

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> A team of researchers at the University of Dundee in Scotland have utilized the Xbox 360 Kinect as a sensor to control optical tweezers, a set of lasers that manipulate microscopic particles, reports the BBC.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/12/3635636/scotland-university-uses-kinect-to-control-lasers-and-manipulate](http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/12/3635636/scotland-university-uses-kinect-to-control-lasers-and-manipulate))